Video: Star Wars theme soothes screaming baby

Some parents swaddle their crying babies. Others sing them sweet lullabies or stick them in a swing. And then there are the parents who used The Force (yes, as in Star Wars) to calm their fussy child. A YouTube video posted by the parents shows how the 4-month-old immediately quiets when the Star Wars theme song starts playing.

Last week, YouTube user SebastianL2012 posted the video to show the song’s magical powers:

We discovered by accident that the Star Wars Theme Song has magical abilities to calm the baby down. He was screaming and crying in the car one day, and the MP3 player started playing this song and he just stopped. Then, every time after that when he’d be crying for no reason (we knew his diaper was clean, tummy was full, etc.) and we’d play this song, he’d perk right up.

The video has since traveled throughout the Internet galaxy with nearly 300,000 pageviews and appeared in the Huffington Post and Jezebel.

There are so many things that could be done with the great finding in this video? Airlines could add a Star Wars listening channel on plane flights so parents can play the theme song for their wailing kids on flights. Put headphones on the kids and presto! And a toy maker should create a musical Yoda stuffed animal that plays the theme song. Any other ideas?